Arm Bar

Travis Tooke is one of only a handful of non-Brazilians to achieve the rank of Black Belt from Carlos Gracie Jr. and at only 23 years of age, became one of the youngest BJJ Black Belts in the United States. His name has appeared numerous times in Grappling Magazine and he is among the top Jiu-Jitsu competitors in the country.
You can visit Travis at TravisTooke.com

Here, Travis shows the Armbar from closed Guard

• Step 1

Travis has Israel in his closed guard.
• Step 2

He secures Israel’s right sleeve with his left hand and cross grabs Israel’s right elbow with his right hand.
• Step 3

As he secures the arm Travis lifts his hips off the floor and pulls Israel’s arm to his right to trap it.
• Step 4

Travis now open both legs at the same time and crunches the forward.
• Step 5

He the immediately closes them and locks Israel’s shoulder up to keep him from escaping.
• Step 6

Next, Travis squeezes both of his knees to his left and block Israel’s face so he can’t defend.
• Step 7

To finish, Travis places his left leg over Israel’s face and extends the arm for the arm bar